From 9eb9ccd201b224b7578ddfb8e01111e5d2d284e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wizeguyy <wizeguyy@dominantstrategies.io>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 14:48:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Do not require config file

---
 cmd/go-quai/root.go | 14 +++++++++-----
 cmd/utils/flags.go  |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/go-quai/root.go b/cmd/go-quai/root.go
index df51a6753c..05aafb3585 100644
--- a/cmd/go-quai/root.go
+++ b/cmd/go-quai/root.go
@@ -65,12 +65,16 @@ func rootCmdPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	viper.SetConfigType(constants.CONFIG_FILE_TYPE)
 
 	// Write default config file if it does not exist
-	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		err := utils.WriteDefaultConfigFile(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME, constants.CONFIG_FILE_TYPE)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+	if viper.GetBool(utils.InitConfigFlag.Name) {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			err := utils.WriteDefaultConfigFile(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME, constants.CONFIG_FILE_TYPE)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			log.Global.WithField("path", filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)).Info("Initialized new config file.")
+		} else {
+			log.Global.WithField("path", filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)).Fatal("Cannot init config file. File already exists. Either remove this option to run with the existing config file, or delete the existing config file to re-initialize a new one.")
 		}
-		log.Global.WithField("path", filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)).Info("Default config file created")
 	}
 
 	// load config from file and environment variables
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 8d62ce6577..7abcab481f 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ var Flags = [][]Flag{
 var GlobalFlags = []Flag{
 	ConfigDirFlag,
 	DataDirFlag,
+	InitConfigFlag,
 	AncientDirFlag,
 	LogLevelFlag,
 	LogSizeFlag,
@@ -185,6 +186,12 @@ var (
 		Usage:        "data directory" + generateEnvDoc(c_GlobalFlagPrefix+"data-dir"),
 	}
 
+	InitConfigFlag = Flag{
+		Name:  c_GlobalFlagPrefix + "init-cfg",
+		Value: false,
+		Usage: "initialize a new config file, if one does not already exist",
+	}
+
 	AncientDirFlag = Flag{
 		Name:  c_GlobalFlagPrefix + "datadir-ancient",
 		Value: "",

From 58667d3f68019af275d121979bb89da427f45b78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wizeguyy <wizeguyy@dominantstrategies.io>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 15:15:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Implement the config command

---
 cmd/go-quai/config.go | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/go-quai/config.go b/cmd/go-quai/config.go
index 4f6d63bc7d..454d2d07a9 100644
--- a/cmd/go-quai/config.go
+++ b/cmd/go-quai/config.go
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/cmd/utils"
+	"github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/common/constants"
 	"github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/log"
 	"github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/params"
 )
@@ -46,6 +48,31 @@ func configCmdPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func runConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	log.Global.Info("Creating default config file")
+	// set config path to read config file
+	configDir := cmd.Flag(utils.ConfigDirFlag.Name).Value.String()
+
+	// Make sure configDir is a valid directory using path/filepath
+	// filepath.Clean returns the shortest path name equivalent to path by purely lexical processing
+	configDir = filepath.Clean(configDir)
+
+	_, err := os.Stat(configDir)
+	if err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		// If the directory does not exist, create it
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(configDir, 0755); err != nil {
+			log.Global.Fatalf("Failed to create config directory: %s, Error: %v", configDir, err)
+		}
+		log.Global.Debugf("Config directory created: %s", configDir)
+	} else if err != nil {
+		log.Global.Fatalf("Error accessing config directory: %s, Error: %v", configDir, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		err := utils.WriteDefaultConfigFile(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME, constants.CONFIG_FILE_TYPE)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Global.WithField("path", filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)).Info("Initialized new config file.")
+	} else {
+		log.Global.WithField("path", filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)).Fatal("Cannot init config file. File already exists. Either remove this option to run with the existing config file, or delete the existing config file to re-initialize a new one.")
+	}
 	return nil
 }